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Subject[ 121/184] ext4: dont dereference null pointer when
2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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make_indexed_dir() fails

From: Allison Henderson <achender@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Fix for a null pointer bug found while running punch hole tests

Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
(cherry picked from commit 6976a6f2acde2b0443cd64f1d08af90630e4ce81)
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
---
fs/ext4/namei.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index afe3148..902f69b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,10 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
frame->at = entries;
frame->bh = bh;
bh = bh2;
+
+ ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, frame->bh);
+ ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, bh);
+
de = do_split(handle,dir, &bh, frame, &hinfo, &retval);
if (!de) {
/*
@@ -1465,8 +1469,6 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
* with corrupted filesystem.
*/
ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
- ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, frame->bh);
- ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, bh);
dx_release(frames);
return retval;
}
--
1.7.12.2.21.g234cd45.dirty




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